City Of Lawrence Utilities, IN
Lead detected, under the action levels
Latest 90th-percentile lead: 0.76 ppb (monitoring period 2022-2024). The federal action level is 15 ppb today and drops to 10 ppb in Nov 2027; EPA's health goal is 0. Lead was measured in sampled homes but the 90th percentile is under both action levels. EPA's health goal for lead is zero, so test your own tap if your home was built before 1986 or anyone in it is pregnant or a young child.
About City Of Lawrence Utilities
City Of Lawrence Utilities serves about 49,000 people through 15,548 service connections, which makes it a large system under EPA's size classes. It is owned by a local government (city, town, county or district) and draws groundwater, in Marion County, Indiana. EPA system ID: IN5249005; phone on file: 317-524-6311. Ask them for your address in their service line inventory - every system had to publish one by Oct 2024.
City Of Lawrence Utilities's lead record
That is down 2.14 ppb from 2.9 ppb in the period ending 2021. The highest 90th-percentile result EPA holds for City Of Lawrence Utilities is 3.9 ppb across 7 monitoring periods, none of them over 15 ppb.
| Period ending | 90th-percentile lead |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.76 ppb |
| 2021 | 2.9 ppb |
| 2020 | 2.7 ppb |
| 2019 | 1.7 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.1 ppb |
| 2018 | 1.5 ppb |
| 2017 | 3.9 ppb |
Against other Indiana systems
Of the 687 Indiana systems with a lead result, the median latest reading is 1.31 ppb; 6 are over 15 ppb right now and 36 have gone over at some point. City Of Lawrence Utilities's 0.76 ppb sits at the 40th percentile in Indiana and the 47th nationally (higher means more lead).
Other water systems in Marion County
2 other systems share Marion County; 1 of them has a higher latest lead result than City Of Lawrence Utilities. If you are unsure which one supplies your house, the name on your water bill decides it.
| System | People | Latest lead |
|---|---|---|
| Citizens Water - Indianapolis | 880,345 | 3.44 ppb |
| Speedway Water Works | 10,578 | 0 (not detected) |
What to do in your house
Test your own tap with a certified lab first-draw sample; Indianapolis, IN may offer free or low-cost kits through the utility. If your own line is lead, replacing the private side runs about $1,200-$12,300 (EPA average about $4,700). Ask City Of Lawrence Utilities whether it covers that cost before hiring anyone - many utilities now do. Its latest copper 90th percentile is 1400 ppb (copper action level 1,300 ppb).
These figures describe homes the utility sampled, not your tap. Only your service line record or a test of your own water answers the question for your house. The lead result guide covers how utilities pick the homes they sample. Systems that went over once often dip back under; here is what that means.